Mumbai, April 26: Subhash Ghai's Kaanchi hit theatres this Friday. The film stars newcomer Mishti in the title role.Let's hear what the audience has to say about the film.

The audience has liked Ghai's comeback effort and the story of the film is what grips them. Kaanchi talks about the struggle of a small town girl against corruption and how she fights the wrongs in the system. It also stars Kartik Aaryan. Our rating for Kaanchi 4 stars.

I didn’t and I ended up wasting up two hours of my life which I will never get back. Samrat & Co is a poor man’s version of Sherlock, and Robert Downey Jr’s eponymous films. There are also nods to Agatha Christie, Enid Blyton and other brilliant authors. There’s nothing brilliant about this Rajshri Production, what you have is Rajeev Khandelwal as detective Samrat Tilakdhari, or STD (I kid you not) as he is lovingly called by his trusted sidekick ‘What son’ (their joke, not mine). 

Just so that you don’t miss the similarities, he also wears a trenchcoat and delivers deductions about people he has just met in true Benedict Cumberbatch fashion. Only in Khandelwal’s case, they are said so fast that you can’t catch half of them (you mostly do not care also). The brilliant Khandelwal of Shaitan and Aamir is missing in action and the actor here will make you cringe with his performance. Probably he knew what he had signed in for and just went with the spirit of things! And he is not the only actor sleepwalking, veteran actor Girish Karnad looks like he had something really bad for lunch and is now suffering from acidity. Or maybe it had to do with the utterly stupid dialogues they were made to spout. Here are a few gems: ‘heart is fragile, handle it with care’, ‘come and get ready for dilchasp rehasya’, ‘here’s a mistress in distress (mistress, really?)’, ‘sach woh roshni hai jo subah hone se pehle hi ho jaati hai’.

 These are a very few examples, the film is up to its ears in them. Now let’s take a stab at the story: STD is a star detective who has boxing bouts when he is not solving cases which make it to the front page. He is waiting for an interesting case when in walks a pretty lady (Madalsa Sharma, utterly underwhelming) whose father’s garden is dying because of a maali’s shraap. 

That is making her dad scared and unwell. He and Watson (Gopal Dutt as Chakradher who is a Sansani-type of anchor in his free time) head off to Shimla and people start dying. The first one to go is the girl’s dad (Karnad). The screenplay leaves a lot to be desired and the pace is excruciatingly slow. The look reminds you of 70s films where the stars danced in front of the camera and scenery made up the backdrop. The music is utterly forgettable and the placement of songs is forced. The film, directed by Kaushik Ghatak, looks like amateur dramatics where the operative word is amateur. 

You start sensing something is very wrong when Ganesh Acharya fills in for the item number slot. By the time you meet a baba who seems to spend a lot of time in Belgium (he likes chocolates? he wants to flee from this hilarious whodunnit?) you are focusing on your mobile and when they are playing Planchette to solve the murders, you wish you had walked out when you still had chance. You may laugh at the unintentional gaffes during the film but after the climax, you are afraid. STD says he’ll be back with a sequel. When that happens, I will be watching the re-runs of Sherlock. I advice you to do the same. - See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/reviews/movie-review-samrat-amp-co-is-poor-man-s-sherlock/article1-1212291.aspx#sthash.1dTKdsmc.dpuf

Kangana Ranaut's comic timing and her attitude: Till now, we knew her as tragedy queen but we didn't know she has a knack for comedy. She surprises with her perfect comic timing and leaves us in splits when she says - Hume nahi jaana jail mein, Chamcham (her boyfriend played by Vir Das) aaya hua hai or Hum kahin nahi jaa rahe hai, murga pel liya hai, neend aa rahi hai.

Her English interview for a news channel reminds us of Amitabh's "walk, talk in English". She is as comfortable in the imported metallic bra, as she's with the nuances of her character, which makes Revolver Rani extremely endearing. Also, her stunts remind us of angry young men of 60 and 70s (read Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra etc). Breaking of sterotypes, quite literally: It's not the first time a Bollywood heroine has stepped into the zone of a Bollywood hero.

Rekha in Bhrashtachar is the hero of the movie. Vidya Balan in Kahaani carries the film on her shoulders and performs stunts with aplomb. And if you go further in the past, Fearless Nadia's stunts are still unmatched. Revolver Rani completely upturns the gender roles. It's interesting to watch Revolver Rani barging into the scene with two guns to rescue her boytoy (Vir Das) or for that matter Alka telling her boy that he should forget about his career and focus on the baby. It is something we haven't experienced in Indian cinema.

The climax: It's the strongest point of the film. It shows the real mettle of its lead protagonist. At this point in the film, Alka is not in her best of health. Yet, when she's surrounded by her enemies, she pounces on them like a tigress and survives even a blast. Salute to her spirit! - See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/reviews/movie-review-film-will-die-revolver-rani-will-live-on/article1-1212124.aspx#sthash.PLz546Yc.dpuf

Actress Parineeti Chopra is eagerly waiting to watch her elder sister Priyanka Chopra's forthcoming movie Gunday that will hit theatres on February 14, 2014.

The 25-year-old, whose rom-com Hasee Toh Phasee will hit theatres on Friday, February 7, 2014 says there is no competition with Priyanka.

While, this time their films have a gap of a week, in 2013, Parineeti's Shuddh Desi Romance and Priyanka's Zanjeer released on the same date, September 6, 2014.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found dead in his New York apartment on Sunday, was hailed as the finest character actor of his generation but struggled with fame and addiction.

For more than 20 years, Hoffman mesmerized and entertained filmgoers with his portrayal of some of the most repellent and yet electrifying characters of the silver screen.

He transformed movies through calculatingly understated performances and his daring choice of roles, quietly stealing scenes from much bigger stars with his portrayals of misfits in films as diverse as "Boogie Nights" and "The Talented Mr Ripley."

In 2006, he won an Oscar for his chilling turn as the brilliant but self-absorbed US author Truman Capote and was immediately flung into the A-list world of instantly recognized celebrities.

In the song Shake it like Shammi in Hasee Toh Phasee, we see you dancing alongside Siddharth Malhotra. You think this will be your breakthrough?

It's a fun film for everyone... I can't reveal much about my character but I can tell you that it's the first time I am getting to dance on screen.

You are a trained classical dancer. Were you upset you didn't get to showcase your dancing skills earlier?
I had once joked that I can't dance. Maybe that's why I couldn't dance in any of my movies. But I wasn't disappointed. I think getting to dance is easier than getting a great role. I got the chance to start off with a good role in 1920 — there is nothing more an actor can ask for.

Ahana Deol-Varun Vora's wedding ceremony turned out to be a star-studded affair with all Bollywood bigwigs in attendance. Apart from the entire Bachchan clan, popular stars Rekha, Shah Rukh Khan were also spotted. If sources are anything to go by, Ahana met Vaibhav at the wedding of Esha Deol and Mumbai-based businessman Bharat Takhtani in 2012. Since the two were serious about their commitment to each other, their families gave their consent.